には及ばないno need to; no match for
One form, two separate meanings. After an action it is a courteous "there is no need to". After a rival or a standard it is "is no match for".
no need to
There is no need to worry. Service will be back tomorrow as planned.
no match for
In technique, I am still no match for my teacher.
No need to
Verb dictionary form／action noun + には及ばない
Usually polite: には及びません. The nouns are things the other person would do or feel for you: ご心配, お礼, お気遣い, ご返信.
No match for
Noun + には及ばない
The noun is the one that is ahead. The field often comes first with では: 料理では母には及ばない.
There is no need to
A reply. Someone offers to do something for you, thanks you, apologizes or worries, and you tell them courteously that there is no need.
Shall we bring a car around to take you to the station?
No, please don't trouble yourself. I will walk.
それには及びませんthat won't be necessary
No, that won't be necessary. I can manage by myself.
To an offer of help.
お礼には及びませんno need to thank me
There is no need to thank me. I only did what anyone would do.
ご返信には及びませんno reply needed
As long as you have looked it over, there is no need to reply.
At the end of a business email.
We will post the documents, so there is no need for you to come all the way here.
わざわざ, "specially, all the way", often goes with it.
The test results showed nothing wrong, and it was decided that there was no need for a hospital stay.
The plain form, in a written report.
People do say this, to guests, customers and colleagues. In the plain form, to someone's face, には及ばない sounds like a superior waving the matter away. In everyday talk it is 大丈夫です or 〜なくてもいいですよ.
Is no match for
One side doesn't come up to the other in skill, quality or size; against a figure or a record it "falls short". It is measured, modest when it is about yourself, and said as well as written.
When it comes to cooking, I am still no match for my mother.
Sales fell short of the record set the year before last.
It is not as well known locally as the big companies, but its users are very satisfied.
With も the gap is wide: 半分にも及ばない, "not even half", and the set phrase 足元にも及ばない, "nowhere near as good as".
My English is nowhere near as good as hers.
Close neighbours
ことはないN3
The everyday "no need to": you tell someone they don't have to, usually to reassure them.
There's no need to worry so much.
までもないN1
No need to go that far, because the answer is already plain or the matter is too small. After a verb only.
It is clear from the materials, so there is no need to explain it again.
には当たらないN1
A reaction weighed against the facts and found uncalled for: surprise, dismay, blame, praise. A cool written judgment, not a courtesy.
Given his ability, this win is no cause for surprise.
Check yourself
1Which one is "there is no need to"?
Choose an answer to see why.
2Which is better at keeping sound out?
防音性能では、
Choose an answer to see why.
More detail
及ぶ is "to reach": things haven't reached the point of needing the action, or one side doesn't reach the other. It is used literally too:
The typhoon damage did not reach the city center.
More sentences
This is only a minor revision, so there is no need to draw up the contract again.
I understand the circumstances, so there is no need to apologize any further.
There is no need to get everyone together. The people in charge can deal with it.
For durability, this material is no match for an aircraft-grade alloy.
This tournament was not on the scale of the last national one.
Her playing was superb, but for depth of expression she is no match for her old teacher.
In its research record, our institute does not come up to the leading institutions overseas.